It happened around 3 p.m. Sunday in the 400 block of Snug Harbor Drive, an upscale neighborhood about half a mile north of State Route 520.

A resident said the suspect, identified by investigators as 32-year-old Patrick Russell Brennan, went to some homes on that street asking for water. He then tried to break into a home while the occupants were gone, the resident said.

That resident, who gave water to the man, said he had been watching him, and told him to leave, but instead, the man parked in the driveway of the home and tried to enter it, he said.

Officers responding to a 911 call, who said they found the man in the Indian River, quickly pulled alongside him as he swam, grabbed him, and hoisted him onto a boat.

Brennan, who police said was armed with a knife, was charged with armed burglary and resisting arrest.

He is being held without bond.

A statement issued by Sheriff Wayne Ivey praised the efforts of the citizen who called 911, and the deputies who partnered to capture the man.

"By working together as a team and in partnership with our citizens, they were able to remove a violent offender from our streets. This is a perfect example that it takes a community to protect a community," Ivey said.

WHAT POLICE SAY LED TO THAT GUNFIRE. RESIDENTS FORCED TO EVACUATE DUE TO A POSSIBLE SINKHOLE. BAREFOOT AND SOAKING WETS, THAT'S HOW DEPUTIES TOOK A BURGLARY SUSPECT IN TODAY. HE WAS CAUGHT WHILE TRYING TO PADDLE AWAY IN THE INDIAN RIVER. WESH 2TRAVELLE ISLAND JOINS US NOW. AROUND 3:00 THIS AFTERNOON NEIGHBORS SAW THE STRANGER ASKING FOR WATER. SOME OF THEM WERE KIND ENOUGH TO HELP BUT THEY HAVE NO IDEA HE MAY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO BREAK INTO HOMES. NOT ONLY DID HE LOSE HIS CHASE WITH POLICE HE ALSO LOST HIS PATH. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I RAN AROUND MY CIRCLES IN MY CAR LIKE FOUR OR FIVE SIX TIMES. NEIGHBORS SAY THIS MAN'S WATER RUN ENDED UP WITH A WATER RACE WITH POLICE. 32-YEAR-OLD PATRICK RUSSELL BRENNAN TRYING TO SWIM AWAY, HE WASN'T FAST ENOUGH. HELICOPTERS, BOATS, I NEVER DID ANYTHING WRONG IN MY WHOLE LIFE. NEIGHBORS SAY HE WAS TRYING TO BREAK INTO HOMES. WHEN THEY SAW THE MAN THEY IMMEDIATELY KNEW SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT. I'M NOT A DOCTOR OR ANYTHING BUT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT HE'S PROBABLY REALLY HIGH ON SOMETHING, HE WAS NOT ACTING RIGHT. BRENNAN WAS GOING DOOR-TO-DOOR ASKING FOR WATT TO PUT IN HIS CAR, MOMENTS LATER THEY SAW HIM BACKING INTO A HOME. I SAID THEY'RE NOT HOME, GET OUT OF THERE. HE CAME BACK OUT AND THEN BACKED HIS CAR INTO HIS HOUSE. I CAUGHT HIM IN THE BACK OF THEIR HOUSE, HE HAS BEEN IN THE HOUSE AND HE RAN OUT ON THE DOCK. THAT'S WHEN BRENNAN TRIED TO MAKE HIS ESCAPE. I DIDN'T SEE HIM TRY TO GET IN THE WATER. WHEN DEPUTIES CAUGHT HIM OUT OF THE WATER THEY FOUND THIS POCKET KNIFE IN HIS POCKET. I WAS JUST TRYING TO HELP MY FRIEND WITH THE SCREENED PORCH. HE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE DOORS AND I GOT THEM ALL LINED UP FOR HIM. NOW BRENNAN IS LOCKED UP ON BURGLARY CHARGES. IT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT THE DOMBEST THING YOU COULD DO TO COME ON THIS STREET. NOT ONLY IS BRENNAN FACING

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